anthropopathy

English

Etymology

From anthropo- +‎ -pathy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌænθɹəˈpɒpəθi/

Noun

anthropopathy (plural anthropopathies)

1. The attribution of human emotions to a god.
   • 1846, Julius Charles Hare, The Mission of the Comforter and Other Sermons with Notes, London: John W. Parker, […]:

     In its recoil from the gross anthropopathy of the vulgar notions, it falls into the vacuum of absolute apathy.

Derived terms

• anthropopathic
• anthropopathite

 

Translations

attribution of human emotions to a god

• Galician: antropopatía (gl) f
• Portuguese: antropopatia f

References

• “anthropopathy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.